The ancestror of the king. A piece used in Shatranj which moved like the king today.
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Quotes of the Day
Kasparov doesn’t care about chess, but only about himself and his political goals
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2015
Chess is respected in culture and education, but our organization is far behind. FIDE must lead, not drag chess down.
Garry Kasparov 2014
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
I think that ACP is a small clique, which gives power to more cliques.
Nigel Short 2016
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
